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Joe Strummer

Highest Rated: 100% Candy Mountain (1987)

Lowest Rated: 30% Straight to Hell (1987)

Birthday: Aug 21, 1952

Birthplace: Ankara, Turkey

Founding member, lead singer and key lyricist for seminal political punk rock group The Clash. A gifted songwriter (particularly in tandem with The Clash's Mick Jones), Strummer moved from subway busker to pub-rocker (e.g. his first group The 101'ers), and like so many others of his generation, discovered punk rock after seeing The Sex Pistols. He immediately formed The Clash, and within a year the group had carved out its place as "the only band that matters," a quote referring to their seemingly concrete political commitment.After a couple of critically lauded albums (especially 1979's "London Calling"), the group broke up by 1983. Following the group's disbandment, Strummer turned to film in the late '80s, providing scores for a couple of Alex Cox films, as well as acting. Although he had earlier appeared in a quasi-documentary on The Clash ("Rude Boy" 1980), and took a lead role in Cox's very unserious romp "Straight to Hell" (1987), it was his performance in Jim Jarmusch's "Mystery Train" (1989) which marked his dramatic acting debut.

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Highest-Rated Movies

100% 71% Candy Mountain Watchlist 100% 83% White Riot Watchlist
89% 87% Mystery Train
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89% 87% Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten
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89% 76% Sid & Nancy
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47% 66% Walker
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30% 58% Straight to Hell
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Strummerville
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Doctor Chance
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Let's Rock Again!
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Filmography

Movies TV Shows
White Riot 100% 83% 2019 Actor Straight to Hell Returns 2010 Simms Actor Strummerville 2010 Actor Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten 89% 87% 2007 Actor Let's Rock Again! 2004 Self, Producer Doctor Chance 1997 Vince Traylor Actor I Hired a Contract Killer 87% 1990 Guitar Player & Singer Actor Mystery Train 89% 87% 1989 Johnny aka Elvis Actor Candy Mountain 100% 71% 1987 Mario Actor Walker 47% 66% 1987 Original Music Straight to Hell 30% 58% 1987 Simms Actor Sid & Nancy 89% 76% 1986 Original Music
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